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Steal

A handle; a stale, or stele.

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Manner of action 27

Abstract 76% connected

Withdraw; separate.

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Bag 76% connected

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

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Cabbage 76% connected

An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The caul…

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Cop 76% connected

The top of a thing; the head; a crest.

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Defalcate 76% connected

To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.

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Embezzle 76% connected

To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezz…

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Filch 76% connected

To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer.

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Hook 76% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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Hustle 76% connected

To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room.

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Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Loot 76% connected

The act of plundering.

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Misappropriate 76% connected

To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.

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Peculate 76% connected

To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.

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Pilfer 76% connected

To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.

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Pinch 76% connected

To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

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Pirate 76% connected

A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to crui…

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Plagiarize 76% connected

To steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions of another).

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Pluck 76% connected

To pull; to draw.

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Plunder 76% connected

To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.

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Pocket 76% connected

A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.

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Purloin 76% connected

To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch.

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Rob 76% connected

The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mi…

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Roll 76% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Rustle 76% connected

To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.

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Sneak 76% connected

To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.

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Swipe 76% connected

A swape or sweep. See Sweep.

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Thieve 76% connected

To practice theft; to steal.

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Broader term 8

Advance 76% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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Ball 76% connected

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

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Baseball 76% connected

A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striki…

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Gain 76% connected

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Purchase 76% connected

To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Win 76% connected

To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…

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Narrower term 1

Song 76% connected

That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc.

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Derivationally related 2

Eluding 74% connected

of Elude

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Eluding 74% connected

of Elude

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Synonym 4

Bargain 92% connected

An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property f…

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Buy 92% connected

To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a…

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Rip 92% connected

A wicker fish basket.

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Slip 92% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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